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    Mac Mojo: The Office for Mac Team Blog

  • The MacBU lands in Denver for EDUCAUSE

    Marshall Nam
    4 Nov 2009 | 8:11 am
    More than 4,000 educators, students, and IT professionals in higher education from around the world are descending on the Mile-High City for this year’s EDUCAUSE conference from Nov. 3rd through the 6th. This year, I am on hand for the MacBU, along with one of our Microsoft Student Partners to showcase the latest and best features of Office 2008 for Mac, including: -   All-new SharePoint and Office Live Workspace support with Document Connection for the Mac. -   The newly re-architected Entourage 2008 Web Services Edition, providing robust Exchange connectivity, syncing tasks,…

  • Office 2004 Mainstream Support Has Been Extended

    Mike Tedesco
    12 Oct 2009 | 9:10 am
    A few months ago we received questions about the scheduled Mainstream Support retirement date for Office 2004 for Mac.  While most customers have upgraded to Office 2008 for Mac, some have remained on Office 2004 in order to take advantage of Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), which is supported in Office 2004, but did not make it into Office 2008.  Today I am happy to share that we have extended the Mainstream Support date for Office 2004, originally scheduled to end October 13, 2009, through January 10, 2012.   The date has been extended to 2012 specifically to ensure…

  • Office Web Apps and the Mac user

    Kurt Schmucker
    6 Oct 2009 | 1:10 pm
    Today, Microsoft is holding an “Open House” for media in New York and one of the things that will be showcased is the Technical Preview of the Office Web Apps. Right now, the Technical Preview of the Office Web Apps is available to a limited number of invitation-only participants. The Office Web Apps will go into broad public beta later this year and will launch in 2010. MacBU has been working closely with the Office for Windows and the Windows Live teams to make sure that this exciting new capability is available to Mac users, so today seemed like a logical time to discuss how…

  • Free Office for Mac 2008 Video Training from lynda.com

    Kurt Schmucker
    1 Oct 2009 | 10:10 am
    Those of you who read the announcement of the new Office for Mac 2008 Business Edition  know that this new edition contains seven hours of lynda.com  training videos.  What you may not know is that Mactopia now contains 25 training videos also from lynda.com. While there is some overlap, these two sets of videos are not the same.  So, even Business Edition customers will benefit from watching the lynda.com videos on Mactopia. For many people, watching a video tutorial is the easiest way to learn about Office, since you are able to see the feature in action, in a real-life…
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    Microsoft - Bing News

  • Moms learn online tools at Microsoft campus - Columbian

    7 Nov 2009 | 3:46 am
    Despite a sobering presentation about sexting and a Twitter promo from one of the world's most popular tweeters, the main message of the day at the first Wired Moms summit on Friday was pretty low tech: talk to your kids. Technology is not the ...

  • Moms learn online tools at Microsoft - The Spokesman-Review

    7 Nov 2009 | 3:11 am
    REDMOND, Wash. – Despite a sobering presentation about sexting and a Twitter promo from one of the world’s most popular tweeters, the main message of the day at the first Wired Moms summit on Friday was pretty low tech: talk to your kids ...

  • Rumor Mill: Microsoft to Takeover RIM - Softpedia

    7 Nov 2009 | 2:28 am
    Canadian mobile phone maker Research In Motion has been rumored quite a few times before to be on the verge of being taken over by Redmond-based software giant Microsoft, and now the same rumors made it back to the headlines. The basis is a very ...

  • Microsoft Windows 7 smashes sales records - Independent

    7 Nov 2009 | 1:45 am
    Sales of Windows 7 in the days following its October 22 release were 234pc higher than those posted by Vista when it was launched in January 2007. "Microsoft's program of early low-cost pre-sales, high visibility marketing, and aggressive deals ...

  • Microsoft websites top spots in September: comScore - TMCnet

    7 Nov 2009 | 1:16 am
    (Times of Oman Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) SAN FRANCISCO: Industry tracker comScore on Friday released a study showing that Internet users in September spent more time at Microsoft websites that at any other online properties. A record high ...
 
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    Windows Live team blog

  • Windows Live Movie Maker – what changed in the new version, and why

    6 Nov 2009 | 11:22 am
    I’m Cheryl White and I’m a Program Manager for Windows Live Movie Maker. I’m here to say again how much we appreciate getting your feedback – it helps us to build a better product. Also, I’d like to talk more specifically about how users helped us shape the latest release of Windows Live Movie Maker. We’ve heard many questions about why we didn’t go with a traditional timeline model in the new Movie Maker. In this post we’re going to provide some insight into the primary reasons we changed our design, as well as a comparison between the old and new design based on organizing…

  • Favorites syncing on Windows Live Toolbar temporarily turned off

    5 Nov 2009 | 4:47 pm
    For anyone who uses the “favorites sync” feature on Windows Live Toolbar, we have an important notice. We’ve heard from some customers in the last 24 hours that in some cases, favorites have been removed from the Toolbar when they synced from one or more of their PCs. We have investigated, and we want to assure you, that if this is occurring for you, your favorites are still available on SkyDrive at http://favorites.live.com.  We apologize for this inconvenience and are diligently working on a fix to restore favorites from SkyDrive to your PC. In order to prevent any further issues…

  • Get more from Windows 7 – top things to do after you upgrade

    4 Nov 2009 | 12:26 pm
    The Windows 7 launch is a proud moment for us at Windows Live. Windows Live delivers the software and services that make your new, or upgraded, Windows 7 PC lots of fun. So, we want to remind you to get the latest and greatest of Windows Live for your new Windows 7 PC! We recommend the following top things to do after installing Windows 7: 1. Personalize your PC: Make your Windows 7 PC your own by pinning your favorite programs to the enhanced Windows Taskbar, to easily preview and switch between Windows. Then, customize your desktop with one of the many new themes available in Windows 7 (or…

  • Hello Zune HD enthusiasts! Connect your Zune with Movie Maker using custom profiles

    3 Nov 2009 | 1:08 pm
    Excited about the new Zune HD? We are! A built-in HD Radio receiver, high-definition (HD) video output capabilities, organic light-emitting diode (OLED) multi-touch screen, Wi-Fi and an Internet browser… Zune HD is the first portable media player to provide all of these technologies on one device.  Oh, and by the way, did we mention that its less than 9 mm thick and only weighs 2.6 ounces!... :) If you don’t already own one, check out http://www.zune.net for more details. If you do own one, then check out these new custom profiles for Windows Live Movie Maker. They let you save movies in…

  • Windows Live Sync outage and client update

    23 Oct 2009 | 12:43 pm
    Windows Live Sync users, We sincerely apologize for the extended period of downtime yesterday. We discovered a serious problem in Windows Live Sync that could cause problems in rare cases for people who used Windows Easy Transfer. As a precaution, at 9:15 Pacific Time (UTC-7) yesterday we decided to stop allowing people to sign in to Sync until we could fix the problem. Early this morning, we released an update to Sync and began allowing people to sign in again. The next time you use your computers that are running Sync, you’ll be prompted to update the program. This is a required update…
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    IEBlog

  • Participating at W3C’s TPAC 2009

    ieblog
    2 Nov 2009 | 4:54 pm
    This week the W3C holds its annual Technical Plenary and Advisory Committee meeting (TPAC 2009). There will be about a dozen people from the IE team participating and this is a valuable opportunity to continue working together with other W3C members on the next generation of web standards. High quality specifications that improve interoperability between browsers are important. Our goal is to help ensure these new standards work well for web developers and will work well in future versions of IE. We will participate in a number of browser related working group meetings including…

  • Now Available: IEAK8 can create custom Internet Explorer 8 packages in 19 additional languages

    ieblog
    29 Oct 2009 | 4:49 pm
    We are pleased to announce that the Internet Explorer Administration Kit (IEAK) 8 now supports creating custom Internet Explorer 8 packages in a total of 43 languages. IEAK8 can be downloaded from http://ieak.microsoft.com. Custom Internet Explorer 8 packages can be created in the following platform and language combinations: Windows XP SP2 or SP3 x86: Total languages: Arabic, Bengali, Bulgarian, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hong Kong Chinese, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian,…

  • IE October 2009 Security Update Now Available

    ieblog
    13 Oct 2009 | 12:50 pm
    The IE Cumulative Security Update for October 2009 is now available via Windows Update or Microsoft Update. This update addresses three privately reported vulnerabilities and one publicly disclosed vulnerability. The security update addresses these vulnerabilities by modifying the way that Internet Explorer processes data stream headers, validates arguments, and handles objects in memory. For detailed information on the contents of this update, please see the following documentation: Microsoft Security Bulletin MS09-054 Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 974455 This security update is rated…

  • Add-on Guidelines in action – AVG Security Toolbar

    ieblog
    6 Oct 2009 | 7:47 pm
    The AVG Security Toolbar team has recently released a new version of their toolbar. It has a more predictable user experience and does a better job of allowing users to stay in control of their browser. It’s a great example of the Guidelines for add-on developers in action. It’s encouraging to see the example set by the AVG Security Toolbar team. They’re building valuable add-ons for people and at the same time they’re respecting user choice. Here are some high level examples of the changes they’ve made in the new version of their toolbar: It no longer takes over the search…

  • Supporting Web Standards Development with SuperPreview

    ieblog
    15 Sep 2009 | 7:03 pm
    This post is a guest post from Steve Guttman, of the Expression Web team.  Expression Web has created an interesting tool, SuperPreview, which we thought the IE blog audience would be interested in.  Internet Explorer 8 is an important release because it reconfirms Microsoft’s  commitment to interoperability and renewed emphasis on Web Standards. My team—which develops the authoring tool, Expression Web—is also pretty emphatic about Web Standards. We’re in the process of doing significant tooling (and retooling) so we can support existing and emerging specifications,…
 
 
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    CNET News - Microsoft

  • Windows 7 sales outshine Vista

    Lance Whitney
    5 Nov 2009 | 9:37 am
    Initial unit sales of Windows 7 outpaced those of Vista by 234 percent, leading to actual dollar sales that were 82 percent higher than Vista's, says NPD Group report.

  • FAQ: Buying the right Windows 7 upgrade

    Ina Fried
    5 Nov 2009 | 4:00 am
    Readers still have lots of questions on just which version of the software they need to buy in order to upgrade their PC. CNET News tries to offer some answers. Originally posted at Beyond Binary

  • Microsoft Courier: Photos of the leaked interface

    Gizmodo staff
    4 Nov 2009 | 1:35 pm
    This document explains Microsoft Courier's swipes, snips and scribbles more in-depth than ever before. Originally posted at Crave

  • Microsoft cuts 800 more jobs

    Ina Fried
    4 Nov 2009 | 9:31 am
    The latest workers to have their jobs eliminated are being notified Wednesday, in what Microsoft said completes personnel reductions announced earlier this year. Originally posted at Beyond Binary

  • Microsoft gives the MSN butterfly a makeover

    Ina Fried, Tom Krazit
    3 Nov 2009 | 8:25 pm
    It's given a new look to both its home page and the MSN butterfly logo. The main page now has just half as many links, with more videos and photos. Originally posted at Beyond Binary
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    Microsoft Live Labs: Blog

  • Thumbtack

    David Vos
    3 Nov 2009 | 1:16 pm
    We wanted to say thank you to all those who have participated in the Thumbtack project and let our remaining participants know that we are currently in the process of retiring this experiment. We have learned a lot thanks to your participation and feedback and look forward to your continued enthusiasm and engagement on future Live Labs projects. The service will remain online through November 30th to allow participants to access and back up any information they would like to retrieve. In the meantime, you can access thumbtack normally here.   

  • Introducing Seadragon.com

    Live Labs Admin
    30 Jul 2009 | 10:50 am
    At Seadragon.com you can share any image on the web as a zoomable photo. Simply point Seadragon.com at any image you've got on the web, and in no time flat, you've got a zoomable viewer just like this one. Share the link on Facebook, Twitter, or through email or IM. Or embed it directly on your blog, eBay listing or virtually any site. Go ahead, click on the image below (or use your mousewheel) to zoom in, and drag it to pan around.   Seadragon.com allows you to share virtually any size image on the web, whether it is a five, ten or two hundred megapixels. Because the viewer uses the…

  • What’s Next for Live Labs

    Live Labs Admin
    9 Apr 2009 | 12:04 pm
    We’d like to share a little news about Live Labs with you.   We’ve recently made some changes to our organization, and a number of teams from within the lab will be joining product groups around the company.  For instance, the social streams team will be joining MSN. Some of our engineers will be helping out with the next generation of Windows Mobile. And others are off to Live Search and Microsoft Advertising.  The rest of us will continue our work on building new web experiences, as we always have.  But moving great people and projects into the the…

  • When is a game more than a game?

    Live Labs Admin
    6 Mar 2009 | 7:16 am
    At Live Labs, research is an important part of what we do.  Recently researchers Paul Bennett, Max Chickering and Anton Mityagin released some new data about a game project they did last year.  To users, Picture This was a matching game.  But to the researchers, it was providing valuable data about search and machine learning.  They’ve now released the data in an anonymized form, so that other researchers can use it to try and reproduce their results without revealing any personal information about the people who participated.  And along with researchers at…

  • Infinite Canvas Gathering Buzz

    Live Labs Admin
    28 Jan 2009 | 10:09 am
    Infinite Canvas, a new way of looking at comics on the web developed by Live Labs' own Ian Gilman has started getting some attention lately.  Infinite Canvas is a JavaScript application that frees visual storytelling from the usual comic format of squares on a page.  It started to take off when Neil Gaiman (whom Ian describes as “one of the gods of the sci-fi/fantasy world”) tweeted about a piece he put up called “The Day The Saucers Came.”  Now we’re starting to get comments like: “I’ve just seen the future of how to present comics…
 
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    All about Microsoft

  • Microsoft 'Geneva' identity wares approach the finish line

    Mary Jo Foley
    6 Nov 2009 | 1:35 pm
    Microsoft is making available for download the near-final Release Candidate (RC) test build of its "Geneva" framework, the technology officially known as Windows Identity Foundation. Meanwhile, a new test build of the Microsoft Oslo modeling platform is waiting in the wings.

  • Microsoft to show off new visualization language at PDC

    Mary Jo Foley
    6 Nov 2009 | 12:33 pm
    Microsoft is planning to show off a new visualization language, codenamed "Vedea" at the Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles in mid-November.

  • Microsoft puts more Azure cloud plumbing in place

    Mary Jo Foley
    6 Nov 2009 | 6:39 am
    Microsoft is continuing to lay the groundwork for the commercial version of its Azure cloud environement, rolling out a new content delivery network (CDN) capability, as well as the November update to its Azure developer services.

  • Billing system testing behind Microsoft's SQL Azure outage this week

    Mary Jo Foley
    5 Nov 2009 | 12:51 pm
    Testers of Microsoft's SQL Azure service experienced a three-plus hour unplanned outage this week -- just a couple of weeks before Microsoft is set to remove the beta tag from its Azure cloud service.

  • Microsoft to add SharePoint access to Live@edu

    Mary Jo Foley
    5 Nov 2009 | 8:33 am
    Paving the way for its Office Web Apps rollout, Microsoft is adding SharePoint Online to the services it offers students and academics as part of its Live@edu offering. The SharePoint Online service should be available to Live@edu subscribers for no additional cost some time next year.
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    Bing Developer Blog

  • Innovative uses of the Bing API

    george
    20 Oct 2009 | 1:43 pm
    Watch short videos featuring two "Will Code for Green" contest winners, who introduce their innovations based on the Bing API. Patrick Colin McGraw discusses his winning entry, GreenZig.com -- a site that illustrates energy-saving costs he developed with the Bing API. And Ed McConnell describes his winning entry, the Climate Times Help Engine. Video: Save energy via Bing Video: Bing powers the Climate Times Help Engine

  • Sprinkle Some Cocoa on Bing

    Kristin
    27 Aug 2009 | 9:06 am
    The Bing iPhone and Mac SDK is available for download on CodePlex, open source under the Microsoft Public License (MS-PL). The SDK provides: * The ability to easily query Bing from within your Cocoa or Cocoa Touch application. * Perform both synchronous and asynchronous queries. * Search Bing for Web, Image, Video, News, and Phonebook results. We hope that you'll be able to make some great Cocoa/iPhone apps that harness the power of Bing! Happy Bing-ing! Tom Rudick, Program Manager Intern, Bing API Alessandro Catorcini, Lead Program Manager, Bing API  

  • Bing Product Guidelines released

    Kristin
    4 Aug 2009 | 12:39 pm
    We’ve posted Bing Product Guidelines on the Microsoft Download Center. This document provides visual guidelines and recommendations to implement the branding for Bing for third parties. These guidelines can help echo the Bing product brand experience into your environment. Topics include: Bing branding guidelines Bing searchbox guidelines Bing searchbox guidelines for third party (web) Font guidelines for UI Visual elements for Bing search UI Editorial style Approach to UI error messages Overview of China Transliterated Logo China Transliterated Logo searchbox guidelines for third party…

  • Silverlighting with Bing

    Kristin
    27 Jul 2009 | 9:53 am
    Another week, another great Bing API application – this week it’s a Silverlight control that gives users the ability to manipulate results with the click of a button: But the real news here is the SDK behind the app – an SDK that provides you with everything you need to develop Bing apps with Silverlight. In addition to the sample control, the SDK includes three components: A reusable framework extension to the Microsoft Silverlight Toolkit. This framework is designed to provide support controls for the sample Bing component, but also to provide an additional reusable view…

  • How to Integrate Bing into Windows 7 in Three Minutes or Less

    Kristin
    16 Jul 2009 | 3:12 pm
    We’re very excited to announce a seamless solution for integrating Bing directly into your Windows 7 Windows Explorer, so that you can search the Internet just the way you search for files and folders in Windows Explorer now. The solution requires only that you download and open the Bing OpenSearch description document.   This document enables you to perform web searches. In the future, we plan to publish new OpenSearch description documents that will help you search, for example, the latest news from Bing - straight from your Windows Explorer. Stay Tuned!   To get started,…
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    Bing Community

  • It’s Friday and Stefan is Back! And so is Free T-shirt Friday

    Bing
    6 Nov 2009 | 11:25 am
    Stefan is back! Which means Friday’s With Stefan can resume and another Free T-Shirt Friday theme for you all to search for. To make up for our absence last week we are adding a free copy of Windows 7 to the winners for this week’s FTF#. So check out the video and tweet us @bing #FTF and we will pick the winners.  (Please visit the site to view this media) Happy Friday all! Kristin Meldahl

  • Everyone Could Use Some Extra Cash and A Free Trip!

    Bing
    6 Nov 2009 | 9:25 am
    As my suntan fades more and more each day and as people’s Facebook status updates are saying that they are heading to Hawaii…Mexico…and I sit here in this dreary weather pondering when I might see the sun again…I have a new found hope! Today I heard in the hallways that there is an exciting contest that is going to be announced next week that includes; Free CASH, a trip to a very sunny destination, a movie star like makeover,  as well as some face time with “The Face of Entertainment” himself…Wahoo!...There is a light and I can’t…

  • Robots speaking many languages

    Webmaster Center team
    5 Nov 2009 | 3:52 pm
    We've already covered in past blog articles some of the basics about how webmasters can use a file called robots.txt to control how search engine crawlers (aka bots) crawl their websites. But there is so much more to talk about with bots. So let's take a bit of a deeper dive into the subject. Topic 1: Using the proper text file encoding The robots.txt file is used by webmasters to either specifically define which files and directories that compliant search engine bots may or may not crawl. Robots.txt files are basically text files. However, even something as seemingly straightforward as a…

  • YellowPages.com’s Mobile Efforts with Bing Maps

    Chris Pendleton
    5 Nov 2009 | 10:55 am
    For the past years, I’ve worked closely with Yellow Pages (owned by AT&T Interactive) getting Bing Maps onto their Yellow Pages.com web site; however, they’ve also been working on some mobile applications that use Bing Maps. You can see the applications from your mobile browser at http://m.yp.com. I was able to commandeer a video from them that illustrates all of the offerings from the mobile side of the house. Sorry, it’s a You Tube video. :-/ The Yellow Pages mobile site includes several features from Bing Maps – road maps, layering pushpins on the…

  • Why missing luggage isn’t always lost

    SonjaG_Travel
    5 Nov 2009 | 10:00 am
    We learned this week that two people were arrested for stealing up to 1,000 pieces of luggage from baggage claim carousels at the Phoenix airport. While this is shocking news, it also isn’t that surprising, considering how relaxed security is in the arrivals area of the airport, compared to the departures level.    If you’re like most travelers, you take great care with any luggage that you plan to check, usually securing a tag with your contact information in the event your bag becomes lost. At the ticket counter, you may have to pay a fee to check your luggage,…
 
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    Bing News: Bing

  • Search wars – Google and MSN brandish new weapons for phone and web - Silicon Republic

    7 Nov 2009 | 4:08 am
    A long running turf war escalated this week with both Google and Microsoft unleashing and previewing new features to fight their way to the heart of users’ digital lives, on the PC or on the move. Google for its part has begun introducing multiple ...

  • MSN Home-Page Overhaul Includes Big Push On Local - paidContent.org

    7 Nov 2009 | 3:46 am
    While traffic is up over the last year, Moore says that users often said MSN.com was cluttered and outdated. In an interview with paidContent this spring, MSN Corporate VP Erik Jorgensen hinted at many of the changes, saying that the site needed “a ...

  • Dave Bing's Last-Second Shot - Wall Street Journal

    6 Nov 2009 | 6:57 pm
    On Tuesday, voters in Detroit trudged to the polls and re-elected 65-year-old Mayor Dave Bing, giving him five new city council members to accomplish a mission impossible: bring Michigan's biggest city back from near death. There's no clear ...

  • Bing Wang - Bleacherreport.com

    6 Nov 2009 | 6:35 pm
    I am a highschooler at Stuyvesant High School in New York City. I was born outside of the United States, but spent 4 years in Boston territory in Connecticut. That is where I developed my love for the Patriots and have been rooting for them since ...

  • Duplicate Content on Google, Bing & Yahoo - WebProNews

    6 Nov 2009 | 2:03 pm
    They want me to add nofollow here, canonical there, according to rules they never clearly explain because they don't want us to figure out their algos. Nonsense. My job is to create content, Google's job is index and rank that content. I don't ask ...
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    Google News: Bing

  • Dave Bing's Last-Second Shot - Wall Street Journal

    6 Nov 2009 | 9:06 pm
    MLive.comDave Bing's Last-Second ShotWall Street JournalOn Tuesday, voters in Detroit trudged to the polls and re-elected 65-year-old Mayor Dave Bing, giving him five new city council members to Maybe Detroit Mayor Dave Bing won't be tearing up those union contracts after allMLive.comBing: Unwavering or backing down?Michigan MessengerBing and DetroitWindsor StarExaminer.com -Port Huron Times Heraldall 7 news articles »

  • Microsoft Wants Yahoo to Use Bing Globally - Digitaltrends.com

    6 Nov 2009 | 10:57 am
    Microsoft Wants Yahoo to Use Bing GloballyDigitaltrends.comUnder the deal, Microsoft and Yahoo entered into an agreement whereby Yahoo would shunt search queries to Bing in exchange for 88 percent of revenue from Ballmer: Yahoo Bing Deal ...InternetNews.comMicrosoft-Yahoo Deal Could Expand Beyond US, Says BallmereWeekall 10 news articles »

  • Bada-Bing, Bada-Boom - Metroblogging.com (blog)

    6 Nov 2009 | 10:53 am
    Metroblogging.com (blog)Bada-Bing, Bada-BoomMetroblogging.com (blog)By danfraz The Civil Trial regarding the Crime Cameras concluded with a jury finding for the plaintiffs. Dell Inc, along with former City Technology chief and more »

  • The Search Market Created Microsoft's Worst Enemy - PC World

    6 Nov 2009 | 9:21 am
    The Search Market Created Microsoft's Worst EnemyPC WorldIn late May, it launched the latest version of its search engine, which it named Bing, and is reportedly spending $100 million to promote it. Search Engine Tweet Ranking AlgorithmsBlogging Innovation (blog)Microsoft Sites Up Big in ...InternetNews.comGoogle and Bing Maps Get Updated Satellite ImagerySoftpediaVentureBeat -Neowin -Examiner.comall 18 news articles »

  • Google Launches Commerce Search Engine, Tries to Steal Back Bing's Market Share - Internet Search Engine Database

    6 Nov 2009 | 4:04 am
    TopNews United StatesGoogle Launches Commerce Search Engine, Tries to Steal Back Bing's Market ShareInternet Search Engine DatabaseMicrosoft's Bing has been focusing on online shopping quite strongly since it was launched a few months ago, and analysts agree that Google's move is mainly Google unveils e-commerce search tool in time for holidaysComputerworldGoogle unveils search tool for retail sitesCNET NewsSpecial Search Engine for E-Commerce Sites Unveiled by GoogleTopNews United StatesVisit Bulgaria -Taipei Times -eWeekall 141 news articles »
 
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    The Seattle Times: Microsoft Pri0

  • Microsoft's MSN gets a makeover -- and how

    3 Nov 2009 | 9:02 pm
    Microsoft's MSN Web site has been around a long time. And some - even some at Microsoft - would say it looks it. So the company is fixing to launch what it calls a "refresh" of the MSN site built around a redesign of the home page. A preview of the redesign is going public Wednesday at http://preview.msn.com. The expectation is that it will go live sometime in the first quarter of 2010. A less cluttered look and fewer links are immediately apparent in the redesigned site. Portals such as MSN change over the years, but the one thing the big ones consistently try to do is to draw the most…
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    The Microsoft Blog

  • Survey: Xbox 360 not high on kids' holiday wish lists

    6 Nov 2009 | 2:00 pm
    This holiday season, more kids want a new Nintendo DSi, Sony PlayStation 3 or Nintendo Wii than want a Microsoft Xbox 360, according to a survey by Game Crazy.

  • Microsoft tops Google, Yahoo, Facebook in worldwide Web use

    6 Nov 2009 | 12:06 pm
    Windows Live Messenger led Microsoft's Web properties in capturing 14.5 percent of total time spent online in September worldwide, handily beating Google, Yahoo, Facebook and other sites, according to analysis firm comScore.

  • Google CEO: Hopefully we won't repeat Microsoft's mistakes

    6 Nov 2009 | 10:38 am
    Google CEO Eric Schmidt was on FOX Business Network on Thursday night talking about the slowly recovering economy. But his interview with host Neil Cavuto quickly turned to Google's continuing world takeover – "I'm sure you come in peace," Cavuto said – and how Google can avoid the antitrust challenges companies like Microsoft have faced in similar situations.

  • Meet the guy behind the 'i' in iMac, iPod, iPhone

    5 Nov 2009 | 4:00 pm
    Ever wondered whom to credit – or whom to blame – for the "i" in Apple's iMac, iPod and iPhone? It's Ken Segall, a former creative director at Apple's main advertising agency, TBWA\Chiat\Day, and now an employee at Dell.

  • Microsoft's fresh approach to the Windows 7 wallpaper

    5 Nov 2009 | 2:31 pm
    Courtesy of MicrosoftThis is the final result of more than four months of work on the default Windows 7 wallpaper. Gizmodo has a fun piece about Chuck Anderson, the 24-year-old artist who designed the log-in screen and default desktop wallpaper for Microsoft's Windows 7.
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    Ed Bott's Microsoft Report

  • Seven perfectly legal ways to get Windows 7 cheap (or even free)

    Ed Bott
    6 Nov 2009 | 6:21 am
    Only suckers pay retail. You don't have to pay full price for Windows 7. Most people have much better options available, if you just know where to look. I've researched deals in three separate categories: upgrade offers available to anyone, special deals just for students, and subscriptions intended for technical professionals and developers. Want to save 58%, 70%, 85%, or even get Windows 7 free? Keep reading.

  • What Microsoft won't tell you about Windows 7 licensing

    Ed Bott
    3 Nov 2009 | 6:41 pm
    If you're not a lawyer, the subject of Windows licensing can be overwhelmingly confusing. Over many years of studying this stuff, I have learned that Microsoft has buried much of this information in long, dry license agreements and on sites that are available only to partners. Microsoft hasn't assembled this information in one convenient place, so I decided to do the job myself, gathering details from public and private sources.

  • Clean install with Windows 7 upgrade media? Get the facts!

    Ed Bott
    2 Nov 2009 | 10:13 am
    If you purchase a discounted upgrade edition of Windows 7, can you use it to perform a clean installation of the operating system on a PC that doesn't currently have Windows installed? The answer, it turns out, is really quite simple. I've broken down the license agreement and have specific answers for upgraders. If you own a Mac or plan to dual-boot, I've got the answers you need.

  • Internet TV goes live on Windows 7 Media Center

    Ed Bott
    28 Oct 2009 | 7:37 pm
    One fascinating detail almost got lost in the shuffle of last week's Windows 7 launch. Microsoft flipped the switch on some partner deals that turned its ho-hum Internet TV feature into something worth watching. I've got the details and a gallery of images to show what you get..

  • Dear Microsoft: What's the deal with Windows 7 upgrades?

    Ed Bott
    27 Oct 2009 | 10:55 am
    Did you just get a retail upgrade copy of Windows 7? Do you have questions about how it works? Sorry, I probably don't know the answers. And I can't point you to anyone who does know how this product works. Why is Microsoft refusing to publish or even discuss this subject?
 
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    TechFlash

  • Microsoft's new ecosystem: Earth

    6 Nov 2009 | 12:40 pm
    Microsoft's Craig Mundie showed this computer model Thursday at the University of Washington to explain the environmental insights to be gleaned from programs that work with huge amounts of data.

  • Auction offers chance to spend a day with Microsoft's Xbox team

    6 Nov 2009 | 10:25 am
    How much would you pay to spend a day with Microsoft's Xbox 360 development team? In this case, it's not a hypothetical question. A charity auction for the nonprofit Childhaven organization in Seattle is offering people the opportunity to bid on eBay for the right to spend a day with the team in Redmond.

  • Retail experts: Microsoft store strategy smart, not shameful

    6 Nov 2009 | 7:56 am
    If not for the Windows logo outside, people walking through the glass entryways at Microsoft's new retail stores might be surprised to find Windows PCs, not Macs, on the large cedar tables inside.

  • Google CEO: Hopefully we won't repeat Microsoft's past mistakes

    5 Nov 2009 | 7:07 pm

  • Windows 7 sales looking up

    5 Nov 2009 | 3:22 pm
    New numbers from the NPD research firm show that unit sales of Windows 7 packaged software boomed in the U.S. immediately following its Oct. 22 launch, far outpacing sales of Windows Vista in the first days of its January 2007 release. But Windows 7 hasn't done as well as Vista initially did in spurring new PC sales.
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  • Even more classic Microsoft commercials and videos you may have forgotten

    Greg Shultz
    6 Nov 2009 | 12:07 pm
    The first and second installments of classic Microsoft commercials and videos Classic Microsoft commercials and videos you may have forgotten and More classic Microsoft commercials and videos you may have forgotten were so popular that I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to post the last batch of the collection. So without further ado, here are even more classic Microsoft commercials and videos you may have forgotten. Steve Ballmer Sells Windows XP In the first installment, I included an old video of Steve Ballmer pitching Windows 1.0 in a classic infomercial format. Well, in this video,…

  • Optimize and maintain your PCs with these simple tips

    Guest Contributor
    4 Nov 2009 | 10:11 am
    Everyone knows that the key to keeping equipment in peak condition — whether it’s a chain saw, a motorcycle, or a desktop PC — is to follow a preemptive maintenance routine. The question is, what sort of maintenance tasks are required? In a shop full of hundreds (or thousands) of PCs, a systematic approach is essential. This list offers basic measures to incorporate into your optimization and maintenance routine. This blog post is also available in PDF format as a free TechRepublic download. Regularly run Defrag and the Disk Cleanup Tool on client systems Disk fragmentation,…

  • Capture unallocated disk space from an XP to Windows 7 dual-boot migration

    Greg Shultz
    3 Nov 2009 | 1:57 pm
    In the first article in this series, “Create a Windows XP and 7 Dual-Boot System Staged for an Easy Migration,” I showed you how to resize your existing Windows XP partition and then install Windows 7 in a dual-boot configuration on the same hard disk. In the second article in this series, “Migrate to Windows 7 from an XP Dual-Boot Configuration,” I showed you how to safely undo the Windows XP and 7 dual-boot system, remove Windows XP, and just boot Windows 7 as your primary OS. As you’ll remember, after completing the steps in the second article, your system…

  • How bad (or good) was your Windows 7 install?

    Mark Kaelin
    30 Oct 2009 | 12:54 am
    I have installed Microsoft Windows 7 on several different PCs during the past few weeks, and I have had no major problems and only one or two minor annoyances. In fact, the Windows 7 installation experience has been downright pleasant compared to the troubles I had with my first Windows Vista installations. But maybe I am just lucky this time. That is why I am asking for your input in the form of a poll question and the corresponding discussion thread that it feeds. What has been your experience? I have seen a few reports of failed installs and a few more bad installs, but for the most part…

  • Migrate to Windows 7 from an XP dual-boot configuration

    Greg Shultz
    28 Oct 2009 | 2:02 pm
    In last week’s edition of the Windows Vista and Windows 7 Report, “Create a Windows XP and 7 Dual-Boot System Staged for an Easy Migration,” I showed you how to resize your existing Windows XP partition and then install Windows 7 in a dual-boot configuration on the same hard disk. As you’ll remember, the goal was to make the task of migrating your settings, documents, and applications from XP to Win 7 a much more relaxed experience since you can boot into Windows XP to check out how something is set up and then boot into Windows 7 to re-create the same configuration.
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  • How big is Windows Live Messenger worldwide? Really Big

    Kip Kniskern
    6 Nov 2009 | 10:58 am
    In a press release issued today, comScore breaks down the time spent online globally by properties, with Microsoft sites leading the way with nearly 15 percent of all time spent online (out of some 27 billion hours per month!): However in an interesting little sidelight, comScore reveals that “Microsoft’s Windows Live Messenger representing nearly 70 percent of time spent on the property during the month”: In September 2009, nearly 27 billion hours were spent on the Internet globally by a record online population of 1.2 billion Internet users age 15 and older. Microsoft…

  • Upgrade From Windows Live Messenger 8.5

    Sunshine
    6 Nov 2009 | 2:03 am
    The Windows Live Messenger Team notifies Messenger users in a blogpost that the mandatory update for version 8.5, as announced back in August, has begun. Users on Windows XP will need to ensure that they have installed Service Pack 2 (SP2) or higher, otherwise the upgrade will not work. Incase you have issues or questions during this upgrade process, the team provides the following resources: Troubleshooting Login Issues This post from the support team provides some guidance into how to determine what error you are getting and steps to resolve many of these. Online Help You can also try the…

  • Favorites sync temporarily turned off on Windows Live Toolbar

    damaster
    5 Nov 2009 | 5:17 pm
    Due to some glitches with Windows Live Toolbar’s favorites syncing, several users reported that their browser’s favorites have disappeared as a result. The Toolbar team has responded by posting the following announcement: We’ve heard from some customers in the last 24 hours that in some cases, favorites have been removed from the Toolbar when they synced from one or more of their PCs. We have investigated, and we want to assure you, that if this is occurring for you, your favorites are still available on SkyDrive. We apologize for this inconvenience and are diligently working on a fix…

  • Happy(?) Holidays from Bing: the new commercial

    Kip Kniskern
    4 Nov 2009 | 4:10 pm
    The first of what will probably be a bunch of new holiday themed Bing commercials just popped up, a variation on the "all I want for Christmas is my two front teeth" theme, with a poor kid just wanting (go figure) an Xbox 360: (Please visit the site to view this media)Bing Holiday video on YouTube There are a number of little insider jokes in this one, with the "teen jeans" Mom making an appearance, a reference to "cougar Moms", and more.  OK so they're a little annoying (aren't tv commercials SUPPOSED to be a little annoying?), but these Bing search overload commercials are taking on a…

  • NBC Prepared For Winter Olympics, Adds Silverlight Player And Facebook Connect

    Sunshine
    4 Nov 2009 | 2:40 am
    Are you ready for the Winter Olympics? With the Olympics still 100 days away, NBC sure is. They made some changes to their site, NBCOlympics.com, for that.   Just as last year with the Summer Olympics there will be a Video Player based on Microsoft Silverlight which will deliver full HD videos. But that’s not all! This year the video player will have DVR-like functionality, with the ability to rewind the video, highlight clips and save them. How awesome is that? But wait, that’s still not all, the video player also incorporates Facebook Connect, so you can immediately share your…
 
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  • Microsoft's Courier Could Match An Apple Tablet PC

    6 Nov 2009 | 1:57 pm
    Apple has been earning a lot of press lately about the oft-rumored Tablet PC--I did my own scuttlebutt round-up about it earlier this week, complete with an analyst stating that Apple's partners make it harder and harder to keep secrets.They're not alone in either the tablet PC or scurrilous-rumors category, though: Gizmodo has been drilling deep into the Courier, a tablet/booklet that will supposedly run on Windows 7, with Microsoft-crafted hardware, and let you take notes and run applications. On Nov. 4, the blog hit the proverbial motherlode, publishing several slides and a short video of…

  • Microsoft Revises MSN Home Page, Embracing Simplicity

    4 Nov 2009 | 2:27 pm
    Looks like Microsoft finally got some of that old-time simplicity religion: Today, the news hit that Microsoft would be rolling out a stripped-down and personalized version of its MSN homepage. This was no small feat; from the moment that the first version of the site rolled out a decade ago, MSN.com and Yahoo seemed in neck-and-neck competition to see which could clog its landing page with the most hyperlinks. Let's take a trip in the DeLorean time machine back to 1999, when the MSN homepage looked like this (image courtesy of Microsoft's MSN Blog): The site underwent some fairly radical…

  • Microsoft Executive Apologizes for Windows 7 'Hack' Comment. Sorta.

    3 Nov 2009 | 2:12 pm
    Now you've gone and made Eric Ligman upset.Ligman is the global partner experience lead for Microsoft Worldwide Partner Group, and the one who wrote an Oct. 27 posting on the Microsoft SMB Community Blog about people using Windows 7 upgrade discs to install the entire operating system on a blank hard drive.Such a move, Ligman impressed upon his audience at the time, was illegal. "When these posts and write-ups state that you can install clean from an Upgrade piece of software and they fail to mention that you need to own a qualifying software license to be legal to use the Upgrade software…

  • Microsoft vs. Google: Clash of the Online Advertising Titans

    2 Nov 2009 | 2:02 pm
    In its bid to further challenge Google on the online advertising front, Microsoft Nov. 2 announced a deal with OpenX Technologies (an "independent ad server for Web publishers," according to Microsoft's news release) that will have the two companies referring publishers to one another, as well as cross-marketing. The companies claim that OpenX's base of 150,000 Websites delivers 300 billion ads per month. As part of the partnership, OpenX will use that channel to promote Microsoft's Content Ads, which Redmond no doubt hopes will be a Google AdSense killer. The agreement reveals more fully…

  • Microsoft Opens Store in Same Mall As Apple

    29 Oct 2009 | 3:04 pm
    Microsoft opened its second retail location, this one in Mission Viejo, Calif., on Oct. 29. Microsoft executives have stated that they intend to compete aggressively against Apple in the retail arena, with plans to open some Microsoft outlets in close proximity to those of its hip Cupertino rival. The Shops at Mission Viejo will be the first true test of that theory, as the mall also contains an Apple Store. (According to the local Orange County Register, the Apple Store in question is "closed for renovations and will not reopen until November." I doubt that. They're probably building a…
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  • Microsoft tops Google, Yahoo, Facebook in worldwide Web use - Seattle Post Intelligencer

    7 Nov 2009 | 12:16 am
    MSN Philippines NewsMicrosoft tops Google, Yahoo, Facebook in worldwide Web useSeattle Post IntelligencerWindows Live Messenger led Microsoft's Web properties in capturing 14.5 percent of total time spent online in September worldwide, handily beating Google, Microsoft Sites Captures Largest Share of Time Spent Online WorldwideCNNMoney.com (press release)Microsoft websites top spots in September: comScoreAFPReport: Browser makers contest Microsoft browser ballot dealSan Francisco ChronicleComputerworld -WebProNews (blog) -New York Timesall 93 news articles »

  • Microsoft Partners in Learning Announces 2009 Worldwide Innovative Teacher Awards - CNNMoney.com (press release)

    6 Nov 2009 | 7:51 pm
    Microsoft Partners in Learning Announces 2009 Worldwide Innovative Teacher AwardsCNNMoney.com (press release)Microsoft remains committed to supporting the community in this quest. I'd like to extend warm congratulations to everyone who participated in this and the MICROSOFT: Teachers and Schools Celebrate Success at 2009 Microsoft Worldwide Trading Markets (press release)all 31 news articles »

  • Moms learn online tools at Microsoft campus - Seattle Times

    6 Nov 2009 | 5:19 pm
    Moms learn online tools at Microsoft campusSeattle TimesCarri Christianson, who quit her job at Microsoft when she was pregnant with 7-year-old triplets, said she came to the conference looking for information Moms learn online tools at Microsoft campusSeattle Post IntelligencerMoms meet to become more tech-savvyKING5.comall 20 news articles »

  • Microsoft preps critical security updates - TG Daily

    6 Nov 2009 | 5:07 pm
    Telegraph.co.ukMicrosoft preps critical security updatesTG DailyMicrosoft has confirmed that it is preparing a number of critical patches for both Windows and Office. Microsoft: Only Six Patches Next WeekPC MagazineWindows 7 tops Vista in early consumer sales by more than 200%Los Angeles TimesWhy Windows 7's success may ruin MicrosoftComputerworldCNET News -PC World -InformationWeekall 519 news articles »

  • Google's Obsession With Microsoft Burns Hotter - ChannelWeb

    6 Nov 2009 | 4:16 pm
    Web TrendsGoogle's Obsession With Microsoft Burns HotterChannelWebGoogle CEO Eric Schmidt claims that Microsoft has provided his company with a sort of 'reverse roadmap' of what not to do to Google CEO: Hopefully we won't repeat Microsoft's mistakesSeattle Post IntelligencerGoogle Already Making Microsoft Mistakes It Wants To AvoidBNETGoogle CEO: We Won't Repeat Microsoft's MistakesGigaOm (blog)Mashable (blog) -Gizmodo Australia -StrategyEye (subscription)all 47 news articles »
 
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  • Ferrari 599 China edition

    stevecla01
    6 Nov 2009 | 9:39 pm
    The one-off 599 was hand painted by Chinese artist Lu Hao with a classic porcelain pattern of the Song Dynasty and has been auctioned off for $1.77 million. Wonder what happens when it crashes? Does it fall in to a million pieces to be put back together with Superglue?

  • Microsoft demonstrates eye tracking software

    stevecla01
    6 Nov 2009 | 3:19 pm
    The future isn’t so far away! Craig Mundie showed this on his recent Microsoft College Tour. I’ve never really seen eye tracking but with big high res screens and a lot of data it begins to make a huge amount of sense. I just added this to my stack of demo videos alongside the Microsoft 2019 video.

  • Voting is open in the Computer Weekly 2009 blog awards

    stevecla01
    6 Nov 2009 | 3:39 am
      The 2009 Computer Weekly blog awards are open for voting and I’m delighted to have been shortlisted. There are plenty of other great blogs/bloggers in that list but if you like my blog and think it’s worthy of your vote I’d appreciate 30 seconds of your time to cast a vote. I’m listed under Individual IT professional male thanks in advance and good luck to everyone shortlisted!

  • Adamo XPS finally breaks cover

    stevecla01
    5 Nov 2009 | 2:07 pm
    As 9.99mm thin (though Dell’s own headline on the official site says 9.99m which is pretty thick) the Dell Adamo XPS finally breaks cover. I actually saw some shots of it about 3 weeks ago with it’s unique folding design but had to keep mum. A day too late aswell as I finally ordered my Vaio X yesterday. I’m happy as despite the looks of the Dell it’s just a little too gimmicky for me and it weighs almost twice as much as the Vaio X and costs more. C|Net has some of the best shots as the official site is still low on info which I find kind of ridiculous  now (Credit: Gizmodo)…

  • Google dashboard

    stevecla01
    5 Nov 2009 | 12:11 pm
    A short video that I think is designed to be instructional but also shows you just how much Google stores about you.
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  • Using SharePoint to Communicate KPI Dashboards

    MistyKhan
    6 Nov 2009 | 12:00 pm
    There is a reason that although I first promised a blog post on using SharePoint to display your company KPI dashboard back in late June, I’m just now getting started on it.  Turns out, its a much more complicated and multi-step process than I first expected.  So in attempt not to overwhelm both you in reading a ridiculously long post and me in creating one, I’ll be posting the following Arrow-Tips and How Tos throughout November: Arrow-Tip #50 Establishing Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) - in this post I will described the process we used for determining what KPIs to use…

  • Social Media From a Parent’s Perspective Presentations

    MistyKhan
    15 Oct 2009 | 9:29 am
    Yesterday morning I gave a presentation (click here to view the presentation on slideshare) to parents from Yorkshire Academy regarding the benefits of social media as well as issues to watch out for. My presentation focused mainly on Facebook, however, yesterday evening I had the good fortune to attend another presentation sponsored by YPO on social media given by Michelle Cullison of Daystar Digital Development. Michelle’s focus was mainly on My Space, but she also discussed other areas of social media - we covered many of the same things, but I got a deeper level of insight from her…

  • Facebook from a Parent’s Perspective

    MistyKhan
    13 Oct 2009 | 7:16 am
    Tomorrow morning I will be giving a free seminar on Facebook and other social media from a parent’s perspective. We will discuss the positive aspects of Facebook as a communication and marketing tool along with what to watch out for as your children start to participate in social media. I will be offering some suggestions for how to make social media a positive experience for your children rather than a potential nightmare for both of you. Please feel free to join us tomorrow from 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM at the Yorkshire Academy campus 14120 Memorial Drive (Houston 77079).

  • Arrow-Tip #49 Synchronizing Calendars Between Email Profiles

    MistyKhan
    8 Sep 2009 | 1:17 pm
    Do you have multiple email/calendar profiles? If so, you may be interested in this quick solution I’ve come up with for synchronizing my calendars and it will even work with gmail. Because I work with several Outlook software and coaching clients on Outlook, I usually have at least 4 active Outlook Exchange profiles at any given time.  I also have a gmail profile that I use on occassion for my non-Microsoft pals.  One of my good friends Stephan Kinsella recently blogged about his frustration with maintaining multiple calendars so here is the solution I use. Whenever you create…

  • Loving my Blackberry Tour

    MistyKhan
    1 Sep 2009 | 2:55 pm
    On Sunday I decided I’d finally had enough of my 2nd Blackberry (8830 World Edition) that’s track ball kept sticking and that kept asking me to “say a comand” when the battery cover wasn’t falling off. Obviously I had issues with the 8830, but I have to say that I love love love the Tour. The display rocks, I can now take pictures and videos and so far it hasn’t asked me to order it around once. Normally, I keep my technology until people start making fun of me (my car is 13 years old) so for me to make a change after only 18 months is a pretty big deal.
 
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  • DataAnnotations Not in the Client Profile

    Rockford Lhotka
    6 Nov 2009 | 3:19 pm
    Rockford Lhotka's blog | NET Framework Rockford Lhotka writes "...In Visual Studio 2010 and .NET 4.0 Microsoft is amping up the visibility of the “client profile” concept. In fact, when you install the 4.0 client profile on a machine, it doesn’t drag the rest of the framework to that client later...I’ve logged this issue on connect, and recommend you vote for..." Read post »

  • Opportunity Supporting PalDev

    Stephen Forte
    6 Nov 2009 | 3:19 pm
    Stephen Forte's blog | TechTalk Stephen Forte writes "...This is a user group...they have almost 200 members and just helped launch Windows 7 and organize Microsoft’s first ever TechDays in Palestine...I encourage all members of the community to help...do a session via LiveMeeting, or travel to Palestine and deliver a talk. You won’t regret it and you will do more to bring peace to the Middle East then all of those politicians out there..." Read post »

  • Solution to Printer Problem on MacBook Pro via BootCamp to Windows 7

    Michael Palermo
    6 Nov 2009 | 3:19 pm
    Michael Palermo's blog | Editors Picks Michael Palermo writes "...I recently booted my MacBook Pro via BootCamp to Windows 7 and discovered my printers mysteriously disappeared. Upon poking around, I got the following error message..." Read post »

  • Windows Forms at 8 Years Old: How Can it be Legacy

    Rockford Lhotka
    5 Nov 2009 | 4:18 pm
    Rockford Lhotka's blog | Editors Picks Rockford Lhotka writes "...I think “legacy” refers to a technology or platform that is no longer an area of focus or investment by the creator/maintainer. In our world that mostly means Microsoft, and so the question is where is Microsoft focused, where are they spending their money and what are they enhancing? The answers are pretty clear..." Read post »

  • How to Use Extension Methods to Phase Out a Bad API

    Brian Noyes
    5 Nov 2009 | 4:17 pm
    Brian Noyes's blog | NET Framework Brian Noyes writes "...this approach will only work if your clients (that you don’t want to break) are on .NET 3.5. If you could afford to lock them down to just .NET 4.0 or later, you would have another option with C# optional parameters or default values, but that is unlikely for most apps at this point in time..." Read post »
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  • Microsoft Tech·Ed Europe 2009 VPR

    4 Nov 2009 | 6:00 am
    9-13 November in Berlin. Welcome to the Microsoft Tech·Ed global virtual pressroom where you will find videos, keynote streams, blogs, tweets and press materials to help you better understand the news being released through the show. This site will hold all press materials so, we recommend that you check back regularly for the latest information and updates throughout Tech·Ed Europe 2009 (Nov 9 – 13), and watch for updates about Tech·Ed events taking place throughout the year.

  • Microsoft Report Reveals Resurgence of Worms; Rogue Security Software Still Top Threat

    2 Nov 2009 | 6:00 am
    The latest Security Intelligence Report also highlights success with customer disinfection rates and software update diligence.

  • The Next Generation of Customer Support

    28 Oct 2009 | 6:00 am
    Microsoft has put a broad range of support capabilities and resources for Windows 7 customers in place for an end-to-end approach to customer service and support. Learn more about built-in, self-healing support tools, automated and scripted solutions and new customer support available for Windows 7 consumers, including help through social media to give customers the support they need when, how and where they need it.

  • Convergence 2009 Europe Virtual Press Room

    28 Oct 2009 | 4:00 am
    During Convergence 2009 Europe, Microsoft Dynamics customers and partners will gather in London (27 Oct), Vienna (29 Oct), Frankfurt (3 Nov) and Rotterdam (5 Nov), to gain a deeper understanding of the Dynamic Business vision and the competitive advantage of Microsoft Dynamics products in an unprecedented economic climate. (Content Updated – October 28, 2009)

  • Microsoft Reveals the Power of Dynamic Business at Convergence 2009 Europe

    27 Oct 2009 | 4:00 am
    Customers use Microsoft Dynamics ERP and CRM to capitalize on trends, market shifts
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  • Video: So this is how it is like working at Microsoft!

    Imran Hussain
    6 Nov 2009 | 9:02 am
    Ever wondered how it feels to have a job at one of the biggest software companies in the world? Or if that’s your dream like countless other people, here’s a video by Microsoft employees over at Channel 9 that gives a humorous insight on the experience of working there. So if you’re planning to get a job at Microsoft or believe the myths you’ve heard, this video is for you. A lot of myths are debunked such as handing over intellectual property, installing updates, how lucky the employees are, love with competitors and even the awesome weather in Seattle. The best part? The end where…

  • All you need to know about Windows Azure

    Muhammad Ali
    5 Nov 2009 | 6:13 pm
    PDC09, Microsoft’s Professional Developer Conference is all set to kick off on 17th November. Among many exciting technologies, Windows Azure will be one of the highlights of the event. Windows Azure is a cloud based services operating system that provides developers on-demand computing environment, storage for hosting and scalability purposes and web application management. With Windows Azure, user’s web applications are hosted on Microsoft’s datacenters. Windows Azure Core Components Windows Azure is composed of three main components which includes Storage, Compute and Fabric…

  • Parallels Desktop 5 for Mac brings support for Aero in Windows 7

    Muhammad Ali
    5 Nov 2009 | 8:31 am
    Parallels has just released Parallels Desktop 5 for Mac. Parallels Desktop is a virtualization software for Snow Leopard. As the name implies, it enables you to run Mac and other operating systems in parallel. The just released virtualization companion for Mac enables you to run Windows 7, Linux and other operating systems on your Apple machine. Parallels Desktop 5 now has support for Aero, which happens to be one of the coolest features  in Windows 7 and Vista. Parallels Desktop 5 for Mac features Parallels Desktop 5 for Mac provides more than 70 features. The most notable ones include:…

  • blacksn0w is live now – also available on Cydia

    Imran Hussain
    3 Nov 2009 | 10:50 am
    blacksn0w, the free unlock for iPhone 3G/3GS with baseband 05.11.07 has just gone live. It can be downloaded form blackra1n. blackra1n RC3 has also gone live with the release and is now Tiger + PPC compatible for the Mac OS X version. Check out our helpful guides on unlocking and jailbreaking using blackra1n RC3: Guide: how to hacktivate iPhone OS 3.1.2 with blacksn0w How to jailbreak iPod Touch and iPhone 3G/3GS OS 3.1.2 with blackra1n RC3 Fixing issues with iPod Touch and iPhone 3G/3GS OS 3.1.2 jailbreak with blackra1n RC3 blacksn0w is also available on Cydia now. Just add blackra1n.com as…

  • Fixing issues with iPod Touch and iPhone 3G/3GS OS 3.1.2 jailbreak with blackra1n RC3

    Imran Hussain
    3 Nov 2009 | 8:41 am
    blackra1n RC3 will be released today to the public by George Hotz, the wonder kid who excels in jailbreaking and unlocking iPhone and iPod Touch. We’ve published a guide here to get the jailbreak up and running on your iPhone 3G and 3GS. A lot of people run into common issues while jailbreaking their iPhones so here’s a troubleshooting guide that should help you diagnose most problems. Don’t hesitate to use the comments section if you need more help! Troubleshooting: Make sure you’ve updated to 3.1.2. This jailbreak is not for older OS versions. Download the blackra1n tool to your…
 
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  • Winners from the Windows 7 72-Hour Film Festival

    mthree
    5 Nov 2009 | 2:37 pm
    Of interest are the top films from the Windows 7 72-Hour Film Festival, held in Seattle last month. "Seattle-based filmmakers were given 72 hours to create a 30 second to 2 minute film celebrating the launch of Microsoft's new Windows 7. Genres were picked from a hat (a different genre for each team) and the following elements were required in each film: "Windows 7" mentioned as a prop; a character named "CIO Wiggins", and the line of dialog "The guys in IT are going to like this". You can view all the results here and enjoy some excellent scripting,…

  • From Windows 7 to working with product groups customer satisfaction

    mthree
    28 Oct 2009 | 8:47 pm
    A little more than three years ago as I noted here, I joined the Windows division working in COSD for Jon DeVaan with the rest of his management team (as I initially noted here) to work on Windows 7. I've certainly enjoyed the run in Windows, this being my second stint: I joined the engineering program management group when I first moved to Redmond back in 2003. More details are on the blog if you must know. A couple of months ago as we discussed new roles, one of the positions that interested me was in returning to a corporate role in the company. In my new capacity, I'll work with product…

  • Gizmodo offers a look at several Windows 7 Launch Parties

    mthree
    25 Oct 2009 | 11:30 am
    Did you have a Windows 7 Launch Party? Gizmodo offers a gallery of photos from several different Windows 7 launch parties although most/all are uncredited with original owners/URLs. This one is certainly my favourite (is it yours?): Note to self: need to post more details of our own launch event. Tags: articles, what I read, twitter, Microsoft, Windows 7. Bookmark this on Delicious Also available via http://bit.ly/37mPnk

  • Microsoft Giving Campaign: a couple of auction items generating interest arrived today (on Windows 7 GA-Day)

    mthree
    22 Oct 2009 | 1:58 pm
    Today really is a great day. Not only have we arrived at the launch of Windows 7 today, I also received in today's mail Adam Koford's LOL Cats "Extra Leafy Edition" and the truly limited edition of the popular TechFlash Geek's Guide to Seattle poster (as seen at http://bit.ly/PAYOM). Very cool – thanks, guys! Now Microsofties: bid high!       Tags: articles, what I read, twitter, Microsoft, Windows 7, Giving Campaign.   Bookmark this on Delicious Also available via http://bit.ly/3Vk4Jg  

  • Windows 7 available today, Kylie gets a new PC and other musings from GA-Day

    mthree
    22 Oct 2009 | 1:24 pm
    Welcome to Windows 7 Release! OK, now you have your copy of Microsoft Windows 7. First, check that your PC will run it with Upgrade Advisor http://bit.ly/rP24L. And if you've got questions about Windows 7, look thru the posts from community experts on the Microsoft Answers site about Windows 7 (in 11 languages!) at http://bit.ly/ZbSp6 There was an awesome Kylie moment from the Windows 7 Launch today. She got a new Windows 7 mini notebook from none other that Steve Ballmer: Steve gave her very own pink Windows 7 laptop: http://bit.ly/fXY1D (we <3 Kylie!). (Head nod to Mark Relph for the…
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  • Robots speaking many languages

    Webmaster Center team
    5 Nov 2009 | 3:52 pm
    We've already covered in past blog articles some of the basics about how webmasters can use a file called robots.txt to control how search engine crawlers (aka bots) crawl their websites. But there is so much more to talk about with bots. So let's take a bit of a deeper dive into the subject. Topic 1: Using the proper text file encoding The robots.txt file is used by webmasters to either specifically define which files and directories that compliant search engine bots may or may not crawl. Robots.txt files are basically text files. However, even something as seemingly straightforward as a…

  • MSNBot 1.1 is retired

    Webmaster Center team
    4 Nov 2009 | 2:50 pm
    The Bing team has been talking about its new crawler (aka bot), MSNBot 2.0b, in this blog for quite some time now. We have made numerous improvements in its performance, addressed some webmaster concerns, and published detailed information on how to control the bot with a robots.txt file. Today we are announcing that the new bot is fully operational. This development will enable Bing to do a better job at gathering the information we need from the myriad of websites we index worldwide. As MSNBot 2.0b enters full-scale production, the time has come to retire our previous generation bot, MSNBot…

  • Fixing 404 File Not Found frustrations (SEM 101)

    Webmaster Center team
    4 Nov 2009 | 12:43 pm
    You've seen it. So have I. Nearly every person who has actively browsed the Web for more than 15 minutes has seen it. I'm talking about the dreaded 404 File Not Found error. When it occurs, users simply abandon their search on that site and go elsewhere. That's a potential lost sale, subscription, or download opportunity (aka conversion) for the affected site! It has been estimated that up to 10% of traffic to large websites on the Web is looking for pages that don't exist, so this is a big problem. Back in the early days of the Web, when you entered an incorrect URL, you got a nearly blank,…

  • Translator widget: Delivering your site to the world

    Webmaster Center team
    14 Oct 2009 | 10:04 am
    About eight months back, the Microsoft Research Translator team delivered an entirely unique way of delivering your website's pages to visitors who speak a different language with no development effort on your part. Unlike any other translation widget/gadget available at that time, the Translator widget was unique in that it kept your audience on your site, rather than redirecting them to a proxy translation service. Since then, thousands of sites have adopted the Translator widget and have been able to attract a much broader audience from around the world. Powered by the same machine…

  • Webmaster Center blog Q&A

    Webmaster Center team
    9 Oct 2009 | 1:33 pm
    We've been really busy here at the Bing Webmaster Center blog team, pumping out new content on a regular basis to create a nice library of content on issues that matter to webmasters and online publishers. I thought I'd take a moment to catch my breath, pause on creating a new thematic article (or yet another multi-part series!) for SEM 101, and address some commonly asked questions in the blog comments. Q: Why wasn't my question in the blog comments answered? A: Well, the Webmaster Center blog is really not the right place for such back and forth exchanges. In fact, at the end of each blog…
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  • MVP Releases Windows 7 Inside Out Book

    Jas Dhaliwal
    6 Nov 2009 | 5:33 am
    MVP Ed Bott has just released his latest book covering Windows 7 – Inside Out! The new book contains hundreds of timesaving solutions, troubleshooting tips and workarounds for Microsoft latest operating system. Learn how to compare features and capabilities within each edition of Windows 7. Configure and customise your system with advanced setup options and learn how to manage files, folders, and media libraries. The book also contains chapters on how to set up a wired or wireless network, administer accounts, passwords, and logons—and help control access to resources. A CD is also…

  • MVP Helps User with the Windows 7 Problem Steps Recorder

    Jas Dhaliwal
    6 Nov 2009 | 2:23 am
      MVP Deb Shinder guides her readers through the Problem Steps Recorder in Windows 7. Learn how the recording tool can be used to quickly identify problems and help reduce time spent with your local help desk, by reading Deb’s article below. “One of the brand new features in Windows 7 is the Problem Steps Recorder, which is a very cool screen capture utility, the intended use of which is to allow computer users to do a step by step recording of the actions they take that result in a problem, rather than trying to verbally describe it to a tech support person. You may find other, more…

  • Japanese MVP Publishes Three Windows 7 Books!

    Jas Dhaliwal
    5 Nov 2009 | 10:00 am
    Desktop Experience MVP Kazunori Hashimoto, recently wrote two books on Windows 7. The first book is entitled, “Advanced Level Manual for Windows 7” and the second book is entitled “How to use Windows 7 and 200 Selected Setup Techniques at a glance!”. Kazunori also supports Windows users by providing over 300 tips on the Win7.jp website, with fellow MVP Toshiyuki Noma. About the Books: “Advanced Level Manual for Windows 7” This book particularly focuses on the 64-bit (x64) edition of Windows 7 and contains chapters on new features such as shortcut keys, Windows XP Mode（Windows…

  • Microsoft MVPs Attend Windows 7 Launch Party in NYC!

    Jas Dhaliwal
    5 Nov 2009 | 5:25 am
      Watch Microsoft MVPs at the recent Windows 7 Launch Event in New York City! Nine MVPs attended the event including: Consumer Security MVP Bill Pytlovany, Visual C# MVP Brian Peek, Windows Live MVP Stephen Boots, App-V MVP Daniel Nerenberg, ASP.NET MVP Miguel Castro, Access MVP Scott Diamond, Visual Basic MVP Matthew Kleinwaks, Windows Desktop Experience MVP Randall McCarty and Windows Desktop Experience MVP Jack Rattock. Our MVPs share with us their favourite features in Windows 7. Some of their quotes include: Daniel Nerenberg, “Touchscreen stuff, I think that is going to open up a…

  • Malaysian MVPs Help Jumpstart Microsoft Student Partner Boot Camp!

    Jas Dhaliwal
    5 Nov 2009 | 3:20 am
    In October, Malaysian MVP Ngan  Seok Chern hosted and facilitated a two day Microsoft Student Partner (MSP) boot camp, for forty Microsoft Student Partners (MSP). The boot camp is an annual program that gathers new MSPs from different university/colleges from across Malaysia, and they are provided with the latest updates on key Microsoft technologies. In the recent three day boot camp, four MVPs participated as speakers, delivering sessions on VS2010, ASP/ASP.NET, Virtualization, Silverlight 3 among others to the attendees. The agenda and their presentation slides as follow: VS2010 and…
 
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